Your basic point is known to everyone, but you might want to go back and check Derek's numbers again. He's 40 points above the league average in OPS.

5:06 pm July 26, 2012

Mike M wrote:

And now I understand why the WSJ doesn't do sports. In business its acceptable to be selective in the data you chose to display to make a point. You won't get found out most of the time anyway if your BS looks reasonable on paper. But when you use the same methodology with readilly available information, you look dumb. Tying in Jeter in with the 'empty numbers' trio is just lazy. Not only is the OPS ranking wrong, but by not even mentioning that he's top 10 in the AL in batting avg is silly. Come on.

5:44 pm July 26, 2012

j paul wrote:

Wow, WSJ, you need another sports reporter. Talk about gratuitous......Yankee fans have been priviledged to see DJ all these years, Thankfully, most of us know it so we will remember him with thanks and admiration when he no longer plays. Agree with other comments....fact checking...is it done any longer?

5:48 pm July 26, 2012

Anonymous wrote:

Here's hoping for a Reds Yankees World Series rematch - I can picture the Cuban Missile blowing a 100mph inside fastball by DJ for the third out to complete the 4 game sweep . . . . again.

5:58 pm July 26, 2012

Fred Mertz wrote:

So you're saying that players that are near the end of their careers are past their primes? Interesting.

8:59 pm July 26, 2012

Rav wrote:

Mike and Kerry, well done to spot the errors - those alone show that this article is worthless. However, it's really Fred who has hit the nail on the head.

There is no need for such marginal filler just because online storage is so cheap. Mr. Bialik, I'll go out on a limb and say you're a better writer than this, so don't dumb yourself down for it.

9:03 pm July 26, 2012

Anonymous wrote:

As the Scooter would say......"Holy Cow.........this writer has no clue"
What a terrible article.

6:00 am July 27, 2012

Andrew Hoover wrote:

Another trio: Pete Rose, Joe Morgan and Tony Perez from the 1983 Phillies.

9:40 am July 27, 2012

Doug 81 wrote:

Babe Ruth wasn't such a great player when he was 37.
Barry Bonds was.
.
Perhaps the subject of the next insightful study?

11:12 am July 27, 2012

suibne wrote:

you guys are as bad at sports coverage as you are at market coverage. pathetic. they are in first place by 8 games with injuries that would have put everybody else out. Look at the Phillies if you have a need to criticize you idiots.
suibne

I( don't know about Ichiro, but Derek Jeter is still batting .303 with a good slugging percentage and he has always been a great clutch player. He is still making a great contribution to the team. Have a little respect for perhaps the greatest shortstop who ever played and one of the greatest Yankees of all time. Plus he sells seats in the park.

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